WWII bomber jacket rescued from Goodwill, returned to 90-year-old vet

By Jennifer Hlad, Stars and Stripes | @jhlad Robert Arand enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942 as an aviation cadet. He went to training in 1943 and by February 1945, he was hea
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Longest Serving Delta Pilot Retires After 45 Years, Never Missed Day Of Work

Captain Calvin “Cal” Flanigan retired from Delta Airlines last Friday, after devoting 45 years of service to the airline. Thirty-seven of those years were served as a pilot for the
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Betty ‘Tack’ Blake, Only surving member of 1st WASP class

by Randy Roughton, US Air Force News Service ast year, a young female pilot recently showed her 91-year-old guest the F-16 Fighting Falcon she flies at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. S
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First female USAF fighter pilot continues to break stereotypes

by Randy Roughton, US Air Force News Service After Col. Jeannie Leavitt finished pilot training at the top of her class in 1992, she was given her first choice of aircraft, with a
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Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon

A video tribute to Astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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Double Ace – Col. Ralph Parr

Retired Col. Ralph Parr flew a P-38 Lightning in World War II and an F-86 Sabre during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He is the only military member to be award the Distinguished Ser
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Color video of WWII Women in the Cockpit – History Channel

Dawn Letson befriended Alberta Kinney, a World War II veteran, who was a member of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, and shares her films from WASP training
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Ron Akana, world’s longest-serving flight attendant, retires at 83

  United Airlines Flight attendant Ron Akana, 83, worked his last United Airline Flight from Denver to Kauai over the weekend. It ends his 63 year career with United Airlines
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All I Really Need To Know I Learned From Flying Airplanes

Here’s an awesome poem by AOPA Av8rs member Laura Wilson as her first assignment in her 8th Grade Language Arts class this year: All I really need to know about how to live a
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Stuntman Troy Hartman Performs Aerial Jet Pack Test

  Troy Hartman is a professional aerial stuntman, BASE jumper and inventor. He is an X Games gold medalist for skysurfing and accomplished television host for many shows, most
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